Antiviral Reviews

How far would you go to own a piece of your celebrity crush--Creepy and horrorful in a way that is both fresh and engaging; A strong, very subtle first film from Brandon Cronenberg!!

Probably could have been cut down a bit but for a first outing this is a pretty interesting and mostly original piece of work. Not exactly subtle but oh well.

Clearly following in his father's footsteps, Brandon Cronenberg's first feature is disgusting and revels in none-too-subtle social commentary. I feel the final third was lacking a bit and the pacing could've been tighter, but I never lost interest in this crazy world.

Antiviral feels fresh and original these days, but really it's like director/writer Brandon Cronenberg has picked up the mantle of the new flesh that his father left behind in the 80s. A true successor to the medical body horrors of Shivers, Rabid, The Brood and Videodrome. Very impressive.

Very interesting and thoughtful. I wouldn't be that surprised to see something like this happen. It was well done too. The one thing about it, though, is that it moves very slowly - I did feel my attention wavering here and there. That aside, I'm definitely not sorry I watched it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It kind of reminded me when Julian Lennon first became a hit with his album that sounded eerily like his dad. I had the same sensation watching this. It was just like I had stumbled across a David Cronenberg movie from the late 1970's. The tone, the sterility, the story all classic Cronenberg. Syd's relationship to his machine is even a bit like Bill's relationship to his typewriter in Naked Lunch.

The story is very current. As celebrity replaces any real talent (we never know what Hannah Geist is famous for other than being Hannah Geist) and celebrity then usurps religion. Like any great true science fiction story (Soylent Green for example) they've taken a current facet of our culture and blown it into a proportion that it could become.

I will try not to spoil anything, but recommend this to anyone who loves Videodrome, Rabid, or They Came from Within.

Brandon is certainly a chip off the old block, but this is a rather silly story that drags and has little to interest the viewer.

With a lot of influence of his father's movies, Brandon Cronenberg's directional debut is bold, strange, disturbing and enjoyable, even though it lacks of a solid script.

The movie tries to be an intelligent movie about celebrity obsession - to the point that fans want to have the same disease as their celebrities. How stupid is that? Then you hear people say it's scary cause it might happen. Bullshit. It won't happen. While the concept is new and fresh, the storytelling is another thing. Intelligent as the movie wants to be. It does not spark any intellectual inspiration for viewers and instead simply numbs the mind to stupidity.

No llega a la altura de su padre, pero promete la criatura... :-)

Masterpiece!! This movie was so crazy...

Brandon Cronenberg has made a fittingly dark and superb directoral debut with Antiviral. This film was fantastically disturbing. It worked as both an under-your-skin psychological thriller and a bitingly original social commentary, while delving smoothly into art house territory. Sure, it's loaded with dark inspiration from his father's work-the great David Cronenberg-But Brandon C. is undoubtedly bringing something new to the table, and I can't wait to see what he has in store for us.

so god awfull another few movies that i have stopped watching and not bothered finishing thiers been a couple including infected with micheal madsen. the main problem is non of the characters are worth caring about, the plot is convoluted and overly preachy, thier is no humor to this movie except bad acting. i felt myself wanting to stab out my eyes and watch battlefield earth again this movie was so bad.makes battlefield earth and waterworld look like star wars. the main problem is they needed a major movie star, this guy comes off as creepy and pathetic and has zero charisma, he's like a creepy uncharasmaticless version of the kid from napoleon dynomite. thier is no root factor if your preaching against the nobodies of stardom and everyone else in your film has no endearing qualities and is creeepy, burnt out and annoying not just the celebs. you know a movie is shitty, when someone downloads it for you and you delete it. thats how bad this film is. nothing close to what his father can do. I've read malcom mcdowell is in this movie, i didnt bother staying to watch as mcdowel has been in some shit films since he did rob zombies halloween for some reason sadly. huge dissapointment an overly preachy movie that can probably be summed up by its dvd backcover snyopsis.

Insufferable. Has nothing new to say about celebrity culture.

There's a fascinating world that Brandon Cronenberg creates in this film and the way that it shows our obsession with celebrities through the metaphor of a virus i fantastic. The body horror element of this film very well done and the film feels very hypnotic reminding me of thrillers from the 80's with it's slow (but not boring) pacing. I want to give the film 4 start but it's narrative problems are to present to ignore and as much as i like it it isn't an enjoyable film (though it is fascinating). The visual style and production is great with the score being very atmospheric. I do quite like it but most people will find it too slow and disconnecting. A really good debut and I look forward to Brandon Cronenberg's future films.

daddy must be proud
21 4 2013

Its intelligence is overshadowed by its tediously slow pace and lack of action.

What a strange little movie this is. Brandon Cronenberg has crafted an uncomfortably twisted body horror film that must have made dear old dad proud. I'm not sure that I fully understand it, but I think that is why I find it so appealing. The obvious message is about societal obsession with celebrity culture, the black humor is not lost on me.. yet I found very little of this film to be funny. It's pretty fucked up, to put it bluntly. The entire picture has a sort of glossy sickness to it. The actors are solid, Caleb Landry Jones in particular is great. Will I ever watch it again? Probably not, but I'm glad that I saw it.

Cronenburg has an original look at this utopia like future. Needles have never been more scarier then they are in person.

I have never been so bored and uninterested watching a movie, perhaps in all my life.